{"id":893673,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/893673/?format=json","text_counter":65,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"AWARE THAT, early childhood education and village polytechnics are a function of the County Governments. Secondary schools, Universities, Tertiary institutions and other institutions of research are a function of the National Government under the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution; FURTHER AWARE THAT, institutions of higher learning have two basic functions, teaching and conducting research; CONCERNED THAT, such institutions largely concentrate on “teaching” rather than “research”, as a method of enhancing and imparting the practical application of skills, attitude and knowledge by learners; NOTING THAT, funds allocated towards community and development oriented academic research are neither sustainable nor adequate; ACKNOWLEDGING THAT"}